Unsorted 1.9.0 -> 1.9.2
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-- removed provisioning/reliability from WUI to misc/
-- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519)
- signed introducer announcements, show 8-char serverid instead of 6-char
tubid, improve introweb
- "node key", not "server key"
-- WUI move button #1579
-- 'tahoe debug flogtool'
-- ETags for immutable directories, short-circuit GET when ETag matches
-- Python >=2.5
- new helper: remove timings["existence_check"] (not very visible). Any
visible changes to UploadResults?
-- Twisted >= ?
-
-Unsorted 1.9.2 -> trunk
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-- improve error message when CLI cannot connect to gateway
-- foolscap >=0.6.3
-- handle non-ascii node nicknames better #1298
-- python >=2.6
-- mock >=0.8.0
-- new welcome page
-- unguessable introducer.furl, censor furls from welcome page
New Features
Notable Bugfixes
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+- The ``introducer.furl`` for new Introducers is now unguessable. In previous
+ releases, this FURL used a predictable swissnum, allowing a network
+ eavesdropper (who observes any node connecting to the Introducer) to access
+ the Introducer themselves, and thus use servers or offer storage service to
+ clients (i.e. "join the grid"). In the new code, the only way to join a
+ grid is to be told the introducer.furl by someone who already knew it. Note
+ that pre-existing introducers are not changed: to take advantage of this
+ fix for an existing grid, you must create a new introducer and distribute
+ the new ``introducer.furl`` to all of your users. (`#1802`_)
+- Both ``introducer.furl`` and ``helper.furl`` are now censored from the
+ Welcome page, to prevent users of your gateway from learning enough to
+ create gateway nodes of their own. (`#860`_)
- If an immutable file failed to download, e.g. due to a connection problem,
subsequent attempts to download the same file could also fail. (`#1679`_)
- The SFTP frontend works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
(`#1805`_, `#1783`_)
- Exceptions no longer trigger an unhelpful crash reporter on Ubuntu 12.04
("Precise") or later. (`#1746`_)
+- Improve error message when CLI tools cannot connect to a gateway. (`#974`_)
Performance Improvements
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- The flogtool utility, used to read logs, can now be accessed as
``tahoe debug flogtool`` even when foolscap is not installed system-wide.
(`#1693`_)
+- The provisioning/reliability pages were removed from the main client's web
+ interface, and moved into a standalone web-based tool in
+ misc/operations_helpers/provisioning. Use the ``run.py`` script to access
+ them.
Compatibility and Dependencies
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- Python >= 2.6, except Python 3 (`#1658`_)
- Twisted >= 11.0.0 (`#1771`_)
- mock >= 0.8
+- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519)
Precautions when Upgrading
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